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Worst Bad Beat in Poker History Ben Affleck vs. Jonathan Duhamel - YouTube

Although it was crushing to Affleck and hard to watch his reaction because he was so close and so much was on the line.

I would consider quad aces losing to a royal flush early in the main event (might have been the same one) a much bigger beat.

#3

11th October 2013, 5:31 AM

Bomysp [26]

Online Poker at: FTP

Game: Holdem

i would say sorry

#4

11th October 2013, 5:32 AM

ahol27 [68]

Poker at: noblepoker

Meh it happens

#5

11th October 2013, 5:47 AM

dino [1,683]

Online Poker at: Party poker

Game: Holdem NL

what u can do??
shake hand and be a man, take it like a man.
He was beaten, rivered, $h1t happen all the time, he plays poker, he knows that.

#6

11th October 2013, 5:48 AM

Mr Sandbag [2,631]

Game: Holdem

It happens. Just sucks really bad that it happened so deep into the Main Event. Stuff like that can be so devastating mentally.

Coincidentally, I got my stack in with AA against JJ preflop in a cash game last night and lost to quad Jacks.

#7

11th October 2013, 7:48 AM

Juanes1913 [829]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: NL Hold'em

re: Poker & Worst Bad Beat in Poker History

All you need is a queen hahaha
so sick like Affleck's hand against Jonathan

Poker 'Bad Beat' Face You Won't EVER Forget -...

If that would happen to me I commit suicide

#8

11th October 2013, 8:08 AM

muckaveli [92]

(refering to the video)
What nobody has mentioned was that given how the hand was played....if that happened to you..
You would react similar...

IMO the only thing.affleck did wrong was not shove the flop...

The video is classic...watched it three times in a row

#9

11th October 2013, 8:40 AM

supernuts25 [557]

Online Poker at: ACR/Merge

Game: holdem

not the worst beat. shitty for sure but he tried to trap pre flop. sometimes thats what you get.he shoulda of re shoved not smooth called. we all do it but late in tourneys i dont smooth call and chance it . called getting greety

#10

11th October 2013, 6:56 PM

xtrigemino [141]

Poker at: PS, Carbon

Game: HORSE

Quote:

Originally Posted by muckaveli

(refering to the video)
What nobody has mentioned was that given how the hand was played....if that happened to you..
You would react similar...

well, I think the Aces badbeat is the worse, because of the importance of that pot, it could have made the difference between 500k and 8 million. This is the worst badbeat , I think, not by the hand itself, but for the situation

#14

11th October 2013, 10:43 PM

superstar9123 [19]

Poker at: bovada

re: Poker & Worst Bad Beat in Poker History

Considering the situation, that beat is probably worse just because he was so close to the very end. But maybe he should've played the hand differently, like shoving on the flop.

#15

11th October 2013, 11:04 PM

topper39 [499]

It just happens. He played the hand well but lost it anyway. I don't like Duhamels' play much but he was rewarded for it, so what?
This deep in the biggest poker tourney in the world it's very cruel and frustrating bad beat of course. I wouldn't entitle it as the worst bad beat in poker history though. Duhamel has got around 20% whole hand.

#16

12th October 2013, 2:50 PM

goldy_lordy [24]

Poker at: PokerStars

Game: holdem

Duhamel had lots of outs... it's a sad beat but I saw lots of that kind of KO's

#17

12th October 2013, 3:14 PM

tmn0312 [43]

I remember seeing this when I first started playing poker. Probably one of the grossest beats I've ever seen.

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#18

12th October 2013, 8:24 PM

lulu pk [2,485]

Poker at: POKER STARS

Game: HOLDEM

That happens every day online...
the quads vs royal flush was a biger bad beat.

#19

12th October 2013, 9:08 PM

0Magic14 [34]

Online Poker at: Pokerstars

lol for the first video I seen that many times just soooooo horrible, second couldn't stop laughing at his face reaction, lol his stupid speach play got the guy to call. he had any 3 4 or q to win the hand.

#20

12th October 2013, 11:44 PM

tmn0312 [43]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0Magic14

lol for the first video I seen that many times just soooooo horrible, second couldn't stop laughing at his face reaction, lol his stupid speach play got the guy to call. he had any 3 4 or q to win the hand.

3 or 4 still no good.

#21

13th October 2013, 5:23 AM

nobrakes1 [3]

re: Poker & Worst Bad Beat in Poker History

laughed so hard when he started crying

#22

13th October 2013, 5:37 AM

vatopkr [60]

Poker at: Fultilt

Game: HORSE

Matt. Afleck. for me is a great poker player but that day wasn't his day . He played that hand very well .

#23

13th October 2013, 6:06 AM

Propane Goat [3,121]

Game: GOAT

Affleck vs. Duhamel hand....I see this and worse online every day. Somebody shoves AA, somebody else calls with garbage and flops the nuts.

This has to be much harder to take though, to be that close with a decent stack and a strong chance to get enough chips together to virtually guarantee the FT, and have it all wash away on the river.

If Gill hadn't been running his mouth and acting like the king of the poker world, he wouldn't have become the laughingstock of the poker world.

#24

13th October 2013, 1:26 PM

Salvete777 [200]

Poker at: FullTilt

Game: I like all

Quote:

Originally Posted by Propane Goat

Affleck vs. Duhamel hand....I see this and worse online every day. Somebody shoves AA, somebody else calls with garbage and flops the nuts.

Comeone...Online... It was a pretty high live tournament.

#25

13th October 2013, 3:19 PM

goldy_lordy [24]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: holdem

quads < royal flush... bad beat... very sad situation

#26

13th October 2013, 8:04 PM

Beanfacekilla [2,679]

Poker at: Bet Online

Game: Holdem

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juanes1913

All you need is a queen hahaha
so sick like Affleck's hand against Jonathan

I have been running really bad lately. This is totally standard for me.

People just always getting their money in super duper bad, only to be saved by the river.

This beat with that Q on the river is pretty horrific. His facial expression pretty much shows you how tough playing poker can be emotionally.

Afflecks beat with AA is pretty bad too. Duhamel just keeps calling until he gets there.

#27

14th October 2013, 12:38 AM

babydrago9 [225]

Online Poker at: Carbon

Game: Holdem

Although its a terribly bad beat as its on the grandest stage of them all, it is hardly the worst bad beat ever in poker terms. When the money went in he was only just under a 3:1 favourite... the worst beat ever would be flopping quad aces then your opp hitting runner runner royal flush or something similar

#28

14th October 2013, 1:34 AM

AcesUp747 [137]

re: Poker & Worst Bad Beat in Poker History

April 15th, 2011....................

#29

14th October 2013, 2:37 PM

INGAJ [109]

Online Poker at: Pokerstars

Game: omaha

I cant call that the worst bad bead. i've seen worser ones. But that is poker, duhammel had really nice amount of outs, so that is not very strange. After playing at pokerstars, i would be surprised if i saw aces winning a hand

#30

14th October 2013, 5:18 PM

cardsking [624]

Poker at: pokerstars

Game: holdem

I will shake his hand & walk away Smilling

#31

14th October 2013, 8:56 PM

spazdude [7]

He still won a lot of money its not like he bubbled out before he got paid.

#32

14th October 2013, 9:17 PM

pozzy [13]

Poker at: bodog

Game: holdem

Worst beat ever? Im sure every poker player has had beats wayyyy worse than this

#33

16th October 2013, 2:11 AM

oooo [92]

Online Poker at: Poker stars

Game: Holdem

I don't like how Affleck played his hand. With the flop he already could be loosing, even though he was not at that point. From the flop on, he should have been more aware that he could be loosing for a straight... AA is just the top pair, Duhammel could have 2 pairs, a set, even a diamond flush! Think about it.

#34

16th October 2013, 5:42 AM

4evertilted [90]

Poker at: Bovada, Lock

not at all

#35

16th October 2013, 6:43 AM

Juanes1913 [829]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: NL Hold'em

re: Poker & Worst Bad Beat in Poker History

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beanfacekilla

I have been running really bad lately. This is totally standard for me.

People just always getting their money in super duper bad, only to be saved by the river.

This beat with that Q on the river is pretty horrific. His facial expression pretty much shows you how tough playing poker can be emotionally.

Afflecks beat with AA is pretty bad too. Duhamel just keeps calling until he gets there.

Yes you're right, poker sometimes it's very hard emotionally and I do not know how I reactionary if that happened to me.